Complete the online waiver and agreement. You must complete a separate agreement for each scholarship you are interested in. 

Submit three letters of reference. One of these letters should focus on leadership. Your references should submit letters directly to Barbara Gorka at [click-for-email]. The letters should be on letterhead, and saved in Word or as a PDF. You may choose to submit additional letters if you would like. Review this advice on how to secure the best letters possible.  Share this guidance with your letter writers.

List other people you could ask for letters if you are selected for nomination. After each name, explain how you know the person (and for how long), what unique perspective about you that you hope they will address in the letter, and how we can reach them (email and/or phone). Note: We are not asking for these additional letters now, but you should speak to your potential letter writers to ask if they are willing to serve as a reference and to let them know your plans. (Note that in the Campus Waiver and Agreement, you are granting permission for us to contact your references, if needed.) The numbers below are in addition to the three letters submitted as part of your campus application. You may submit as many names as you would like. 

• Knight-Hennessy: At least two additional academic references
• Marshall: No other letter required, but list other people you could ask if one of your original three is not strong enough
• Rhodes: Two to five additional references (academic, leadership, or a combination) 

Note that even if you are preparing a series of short responses, strive to present a narrative thread that connects them in some way. Short essay responses should be in paragraph format, not in bullets, and should not exceed 300 words each.

1. Issue. What’s the issue you hope to take on in your career and why is it important in your community, state, country or the world? (If possible, use statistical data to define the magnitude of the problem.) Specify the positive difference you hope to make in the world by addressing this issue. 
2. Motivation. How have your experiences (academic, professional, extra-curricular, and/or personal) informed and/or motivated your interest in this issue?
3. Leadership. Describe a situation in which you worked with a group of people and recognized and responded to a need for leadership. Describe the problem or gap you identified, the action that you took, and tangible outcomes. Ideally this will be related in some way to the issue you describe above.
4. Proposed Academic Program: For each fellowship you are considering, submit one essay of up to 300 words that describes your proposed academic program, giving reasons for your selection. Please see below for fellowship-specific instructions:
   1. Knight-Hennessy: Describe your first-choice program at Stanford
   2. Marshall: Describe your first- and second-choice program and university in the U.K. For each choice, we recommend selecting either two one-year Master’s or one two-year Master’s. Students are strongly encouraged to consider Marshall Partner universities other than London School of Economics, Cambridge, or Oxford.
   3. Rhodes: Describe your first- and second-choice programs at Oxford.
5. Preparation: How has your academic experience prepared you for the graduate programs you have identified? (If you are applying to more than one fellowship, we recommend focusing on just one fellowship for this response.)
6. Future: Where do you see yourself working (or studying) immediately after your fellowship? 5 years later? 10 years later?
7. Additional information (optional): Is there additional information that would help us to understand you as a person and candidate? Do you have other interests, skills, or background information that might present a side of you not evident in other responses?

Your essays should be written in as simple and direct a manner as possible. We discourage the use of discipline-specific jargon.

An updated resume or c.v., not to exceed two pages.

Submit an unofficial copy of your Temple transcript or academic record as a PDF. If you earned transfer credit for work at a previous institution, summer school, or study abroad (on a non-Temple program), please provide an unofficial transcript as well.